Denise McCluggage at Bahamas Speed Weeks, November-December 1959
1959NassauSpeedWeek_080 / Denise McCluggage at Bahamas Speed Weeks, November-December 1959
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Artifact Overview
Journalist Denise McCluggage was covering auto racing for the New York Herald when she began driving race cars herself. She had no formal training but proved to be a natural talent on the track. Racing through the 1950s and 1960s, she earned sports car victories at Nassau, Watkins Glen, and Sebring. McCluggage co-founded Autoweek magazine in 1958.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
29 November 1959-06 December 1959
Subject Date
29 November 1959 - 06 December 1959
Creators
Collection Title
Location
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.591104.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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